René Saorgin

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René Joseph Antoine Saorgin (31 October 1928 – 16 December 2015) was a French organist. Saorgin was born in Cannes and began his musical studies at the Nice Conservatoire and then went to Paris to study composition with Maurice Duruflé and Noël Gallon at the Paris Conservatoire. At the same time he took organ lessons with Gaston Litaize. Benefitting from the revival of the classical organ between 1955 and 1960, his knowledge and mastery of the instrument were essentially self-taught. His first appointment was as organist of the Church of Saint-Pierre de Montmartre in Paris. From 1954 to 1996 he was professor of organ at the National Regional Conservatoire in Nice; from 1954 to 1984 Titulaire of the main organ of the Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Nice; from 1984 to 2005 titulaire of the main organ of the Cathedral of the Principality of Monaco. He was director of the Ajaccio Conservatoire for three years. In 1962, with Pierre Rochas, he cofounded the Académie de St. Maximin. He was the president and founder (and co-founder) of numerous organ associations, and a member of the high commission for historical monuments. Saorgin died in Nice on 16 December 2015, aged 87. Recordings: René Saorgin made recordings of the complete organ works of Dietrich Buxtehude on historical organs, and Johann Sebastian Bach's Orgelbüchlein. He recorded the music of Girolamo Frescobaldi on the Antegnati organ in Brescia and the Serassi instrument in Bastia. He also recorded the organ concertos

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Les Caractères de la Variation

Buxtehude: Organ Works

Noëls À L'orgue / Organ Christmas

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Buxtehude: Organ Works CD1

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Noëls à l'orgue / Organ Christmas (René Saorgin)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Orgelbüchlein BWV 599-644

Les caractères de la variation (Orgue Lingiardi, Saorge)

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Buxtehude: Organ Works CD2

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Buxtehude: Organ Works CD4

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Buxtehude: Organ Works CD3

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Buxtehude: Organ Works CD5

Orgues De Provence

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